Definition of a java statement...

Hi

I have this simple method

public void test(int i,float f){

i/f;// divide integer by float

}

Compile javac says that it is not statement .

Modify the method to say this

public void test(int i,float f){

Math.sqrt(i/f);// divide integer by float and invoke sqrt fn using Math class

}

javac does not complain here

My point is this.

The result of Math.sqrt is not used and the compiler just uses the JVM

instruction pop2 so that JVM can pop the result of sqrt from stack at runtime.

Why CANNOT compiler produce the similar bytecode for the first method

say divide i by f and introduce the pop so that JVM can simply remove

the float division result from stack.

So i think i am missing the actual definition of java statement here.

thanks

[852 byte] By [belur_1da] at [2007-11-26 16:32:08]